Invisible Children Linked to Anti-Gay Groups

Posted on Mar 13, 2012

Invisible Children has received donations from known anti-gay groups for its Kony 2012 campaign; a U.S. soldier went on a killing spree in Afghanistan; meanwhile, our tax dollars are being used to transmit Rush Limbaugh’s show to U.S. troops abroad. These discoveries and more below.

On a regular basis, Truthdig brings you the news items and odds and ends that have found their way to Larry Gross, director of the USC Annenberg School for Communication. A specialist in media and culture, art and communication, visual communication and media portrayals of minorities, Gross helped found the field of gay and lesbian studies.

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US soldier kills 16 Afghans, deepening crisis
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For Change.Org, A Better World Is Clicks Away
Everyone remembers how fast EBay, Facebook, YouTube and other websites that have changed our world grew.

While Limbaugh Sheds Advertisers, Taxpayers Pay to Broadcast His Toxic Sludge to the Troops
Rush Limbaugh’s defiant, halfhearted apology didn’t convince anyone that he’d mended his ways.

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